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SOUTHERN
DAILY
CALIFORNIA
TROJAN
United Press
World Wide News Service Z-42
Volume XXIX
Los Angeles, California, Wednesday, May 18, 1938
Number 139
WSCA Fetes Hubbard
Lectures Today
oedsTonight
JTown, Cown Foyer Scene Of Banquet
Outsanding senior women wil] be honored for their achievements on campus at the annual WSGA recognition banquet in the Foyer of Town and Gown at fi o'clock thi$ evening. Traditional reremonies will introduce new members of Mortar Board and Spooks and Spokes, honorary women's organizations.
Bids for the formal dinner mafv b* purchased today at the cashier's window in the Student. Union or ft the door tonight. Helen Herweg. ticket chairman announced.
Speakers for the evening will bo Mrs Rufus B von KleinSmid. Dean Mary Sinclair Craword. Doan Pearle Aiken-Smith. Ellen Holt, and lone Hooven.
CHAIRMEN NAMED
Miss Hooven and Marion Tronsen are co-chairmen of the banquet, Other committee chairmen are Cecile Hallingby. theme; Muriel Faeder. decorations: Henrietta Pelta. entertainment: Helen Herweg. bids: LaVerne Rutherford, pro-rram; Jean Frampton. flowers;
Joth Noon, food: Esther L’Ecluse, publicity; and Pat Culver, favors.
New Amazons will be introduced r Jane Rudrauff. Amazon presi-ent. Nancy Holmes, president of pooks and Spokes, will pull 13 spokes from a wheel announcing new members of the organization The traditional ceremony of the Mortar Board for naming new members will be presided over by Mary Moore Prrsident Mildred TcbbeUs rii) announce the results of the YWCA election.
I The most outstanding Trojan sen- well D. Hunt
Speaker
The Changing Standard In the Theater' Is Topic Of Wednesday Lecture
The New Liberal Arts Curriculum: An Explanation
* * * *
Department and Division Majors
i Editor'* note—Today the Meries of articles explaining the new College nf Letters, Arts, and Science* curriculum deals with the most radical change in the College organization, the instituting of hoth Department and Division majors.
As a special aid to students, the Daily Trojan will print answers to questions about any individual student's problems concerning the new curriculum which goes into effect next semester. Questions should be dropped in the Daily Trojan Common H»-ard box in the Student Cnion.)
X.
Eberhard, Atkinson Barton
'‘The Changing Standard in the
Lewis Bans Corsages At Formal
What are the upper division requirements under the new plan?
A student may elect to follow a major either in a Depart-Theatre as Set Up By Youth,” will ment or in a Division, or he may choose to enroll for the be the topic of the Wednesday lec- Honors program if his record permits.
ture today, given by Miss Florence The two types of major are referred to as “Department”
Blanchard Hubbard, in the Art and majors and “Division” majors, respectively.
Lecture room of Doheny library at xi. What is the character of the Department major?
4 w pTH' ,, , . , A department major shall in general consist of not fewer
in the school1" o/ Sprh than 24 semester units in upper division courses approved by
m the school of Speech, went to ,___Corsages will be banned at the
New York last winter to attend the ^he department in which the major is taken. In certain interfratemity formal tomorrow Speech convention and represented cases, with the approval of the Student Scholarship commit- njght jn the Biltmore Bowl, it was the West Coast at the American tee, depaitments may organize their majors to consist of announced yesterdav by Burt Lewis, Education Theater association's fewer than 24 units in upper division courses providing com- president of the Interfraternity meetings. pensating units in lower division courses are included in the council. The dinner dance will
Orchestra Will Play Request Numbers at Inlerfralernily Dance
BASED ON OBSERVATIONS
start at 9 p.m. and last until midnight.
To further facilitate the plan of having the orchestra play all request numbers, cards will be placed at each table on which the dancers may place the names of their fa-
Mrs. Rufus B. von KleinSmid will speak this evening at the annua' WSGA recognition banquet that will honor outstanding senior women in the Foyer of Town and Gown.
major requirement.
u Ki,an^ *mg my lectare' Miss xil. In what departments are department majors offered?
Hubbard said, "on mv observations ^ , . „ . . . .. , .__00 .
Of what was being' done in the Department majors are offered in the following 32 de-
theater, made during my stay in partments: Comparative Literature, English Language and New York. I was particularly in- Literature, Classical Languages, French, German, Italian, terested in the work done by the Spanish, Asiatic studies, Economics. History, Sociology, Pol-Mercury theater group, an organ- itical Science, International Relations, Geography, Anthro- vorite" piecesbefore handing them ization of modern young players poiogy and Achaeology, Religion, Philosophy, Psychology, Bac- to Frankie Trombar. leader of the under the direction of the brilliant terj0logy, Botany, Physical Education, Zoology, Astronomy, orchestra. A box will also be placed 23-^ar-old ^tor. Orson jyeUs, who Chemistrx Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Cinematography, in the Student Union, near the
candy counter, in which the students may place requests. SPECIAL FLOOR SHOW A special flool show has been
Dean s Wife Succumbs
Funeral Services For Mrs. Rockwell Hunt To Be Tomorrow
Funeral services for Mrs. Nancy
originated the movement; This__ . . _ _ , , ,
group is trying to stimulate the ^irie Arts, Music, Speech, and Journalism.
American theater. They have work- XIII. What is the character of the division major? ed wonders in New York, and are A Division major shall consist of not fewer than 30 se-
now touring the continent. mesters units in upper division courses in the Division of the
‘•I will also base my talk on my major and not fewer than 18 units of these 30 shall be in arranKed for the occasion which
experiences^ accumulated through courses in one department. Many different combinations of j ^ “*“■ T™™'
Continued On Page Two1
Winner
working with the young people on
campus.
DEPENDS ON YOUTH
“I believe that the theater today is in the .hands of the young people of the nation, and it will ultimately be what they make of it.”
Miss Hubbard Is the director of Piay Productions and recently directed such campus plays as “Liliom'’ and ‘ Both Your Houses.”
Professor Hubbard stated, “the , , ,. , . „ , .
Stuart Hunt, wife of Dean Rock- theater is now undergoing a met- upon such devices as assonance, dissonance, and sheer “archi-
Graduate amorphosis that has sadly been i tecture for their formal efefcts, said Dr. Frank C. Baxter,
MacLeish s Elliptic Verse' To Be Read by Baxter
“The young poets of today, of whom Archibald MacLeish is one, use closely-knit, packed, elliptic verse, arid depend
the
and a special swing arrangement of “Stars and Stripes Forever.”
Klein and Trombar are among the leading saxophone and trumpet players in the country. Both, were formerly featured by Paul. Whiteman. Miss Janis and Saxon j are the vocalists. Miss Janis was I formerly the featured artist on the 1 Camel Caravan.
FEW BIDS LEFT Final arrangements on the dinners and decorations will be made
Widney Contest Starts Today
Maurice Atkinson, Bill Barton, anr Betty Eberhard were yesterday declared the winner of the annual Bowen cup speaking contest after defeating three other contestants in the finals.
Atkinson, a member erf the debate squad, spoke on the s u b J e ct ‘Czechoslovakian-German* Demand Autonomy." Barton used ‘ Fascism in Brazil'* as his topic, while Miss Eberhard spoke on ‘Rome-Berlin Axis.” These topics were drawn by the speakers one hour before competing.
JUDGES NAMED Judges for the extemporaneous speaking competition were Alexander Stewart, Dr. John F. Griffiths, Prof. Walter Wallbank. and Eugene Hahn. This same faculty group selected the six finalists out of a field of fourteen.
Atkinson, besides being a debater, is manager ot the team. He is majoring in political science and is a member of Sigma Alpha Epailon. Barton, a sophomore in economics, is likewise a member of the varsity I debate squad. Miss Eberard is a I senior tn the women's forensie squad, and te a member oi Phi Beta • Kappa.
IDENTICAL TROPHIES i The three winners received identical trophies, although in the past only one cup has be«n presented. This contest is held each year in honor of the late Judge William Thirty-eight new members of M. Bowen who was a law student
Sigma Sigma. Junior men’s honor- at usc- Last Liv*
, ...... ingston won. with Clifford Royston
ary fraternity, were initiated yes- and Tom etcher winning pre-
Betty Eberhard was one of the three winners of the Bowen Cup tournament yesterday. She is a senior member of the women's debate squad and a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Sigma Sigma Initiates 38
Initiates Finish Two Weeks of Pledgeship With Carnival Work
this change and rejuvenate the age
lias been given to the banquet by Miller and Dr William C. Hodgson worn ideas.”
the following socis, sororities. Phi will officiate. WORKSHOPS FURNISH IDEALS
Mrs- Hunt' 68 Mondav at Miss Hubbard received her A.B.
P * Chl, °™eca Ala£“ horie S1jr Rvrrh„r,t * “ at Carleton in 1912. B.O. at North-
rheta. Deita Gamma. Zeta Tau her home. Byrahurst street, westem in 19H and A M at Carle_
|MPha. Alpha Gamma Delta. Delta after a period of illness. ton m 191g Hubbard has
^~tn. Delta Delta Doha, and Alpha Shp g id t f ^ A been affiliated with University of Delta Theta
A table for non-sorority women *or thirty years, and was formas been planned and reservations merly active in missionary work, in for plarcs there should be made the WCTU and the Faculty Wives’
?arly
Music Hour Is Today
and disturbed,” he declared.
MacLeish, from whose verses Dr. Baxter will read today, was born in Glencoe, Illinois, May 7, 1892. He The overture to "Egmont." Con- was educated at Yale and Harvard, certo No. 5 in E flat, and Sym- practiced law in Boston, and sub-phonv No. 5 constitute the all- sequently gave up the law for liter
Eighteen contestants will take the preliminaries of the
rhythms aleofteVpurW^ broken j “.^nTT oflh" ^ ~ *“* ”*"• SSmTZZfZ & S
•• • mg to aud tions most of e ben of the class of >38 dRy ^ 132 old coUege. Finals ot
The tentative initiates were noti-; this competion will be held to-fied May 4. Contrary to past pro- morrow at the same time in the
—--—: art and lecture room of Doheny
Initiates, Sigmaettes, and others i library.
mg
leading bands in Los Angeles.
There are still a few birs left and these can be purchased from Larry Cole in the Student Union ticket
office. Fraternities will receive their | table reservations upon presenting
who sold tags for the Sigma Sig- CONTESTANTS NAMED
Southern California for 16 years, st^uc,lu-v *avc W1C iaw ‘“f**”' .......— .*'*““”•“•7! ma benefit-eamival are to tarn Those who will take part ha to-
coming here in 1922. Beethoven program of todays Lis- ature, which he has cultivated al- the money for the bids U> Cole. fa unso,d tjckets and money im day.g
competition are Maurice At-
• I am looking to the theater work- ten‘ng ^°Ur. at 2^° P^' ,m ternatively in the United States and Bids are being sold for S5.25 per mediatel Pau, Sackett yts. kimcn, Clifford Royston. Bill B*r-. _ 6____ ______,____, , vard auditorium. Miss Pauline Al- Europe. couple. __
iWomen To Discuss [WSCA Court Today
club of U S C.
Mrs Hunt is surv sons. Pa'4 A. Hunt
Shop., and croups throughout the dfeman chalrman of the Llstcning VOLIMES NAMED country to furnish the new ideals H<mr (h>t lhose pieces „re ^ q[
terday.
include
Hunt of GlendPic?; and Clarence S. of Wednesday lectures ' which ^”re These selections were a11 written, bodaddy.” “Streets in the Moon,” ^ Of Lon8 Beach: by two bio- ZoZT* * £^ College o^ llu the >'*arS Wlien Beethoven ..^e Hamlet of A. MacLeish.”
thers. J. Everet Stuart of San ters Arts- and Sciences.
jbly will bo staged at 9:15 this rworning in 206 Administration. En-jlargcmont of the WSGA court from Francisco, and Joseph F. Stuart of I* to 12 members will be the issue Stockton; and "by two sisters, Mrs. [discussed Ellen Holt. WSGA pres- Emma V Coleman of Santa Cruz.
tfdent. urges prompt attendance.
Notice Given For Check on Registration
and Mrs. Martha E. Brady of Oakdale.
i Dr. Bogardus. Dr. Weatherby, and Prof La Porte will serve with other : faculty associates of Dr. Hunt at University of Southern California secure tentative approval of their
cerure, they were required to serve I Richter, Earl Bolton, Jack Carlow, two weeks of pledgeship. Their George Moody. Jack Stlversteln, , . . . . . . .. . Dean Jones. Robert Warren. Nor-
pledge work consisted of selling tick-, man Parrigh June Wad*. and Dave
ets and assisting in arrangements Goldberg
was recovering from the shock of “New Found Land,” and “Conquis- c 1 T J for the Si^1™ Sigma benefit cam- Coach Trevor Hawkins o< the var-
his deafness. According to his crit- tador." JllOWn I OQ3y ival. Several of the men originally debate squad Eugene Hahn oi
ic. Paul Bekker. this was the time “The days have long past since, elected were unable to accept be- the school of Speech, and Larry
when he was dealing with the prob- carl Sandburg and Amy Lowell The Portrayal of Negro philos- cause Qf financjai „ other rea- pntrhard will act as judges. Tha
lem of freedom of the will. In these; seemed the prophets and. pioneers °Phy and condition as they really gons diylded into three
JTthe spirTtVadvCerinyng °f * ^ ^ m0dern POetry*” re’* ^ divisions, each division having a
ived by three ^ pres<?nte<1 aS the result of ’Tower of 1^’ Tl^Happy Mar- C11m Tlaccir
and Llovd P. Ko lacf ir) e„ricc numerous student requests for them, riage.” “The Pot of Earth,” “No- rllm v>ldSSIC
Will Be Shown Today
Warning Issued For Approval Of Programs
, Am 1 Lij jJttwivTwi vtiwiMwg - ; ouiiiiiiiii^a. deem tu uttie am
Undergraduate students should come ol Egmont’s life and struggle, recede into the historical past.
ton. Ed Jone. Bob Crawford. Floyd Cunningham. Floyd Taber, Jane
marked Dr. Baxter.
So too thp bc illustrated in the third cine-: Senior honoraries are Bob Wood, divisions each
ou mo. uie , . . ______________, _______________inHcro who will
in the “Egmont overture.” writ- imaginists, like 'H. D.,’ and the classic, “Imitation of Life,’- which: non-org; Raphael Brousseau. Zeta judge who j^Iect r*° ten for Goethe's plav of the same extremists in wodernism. like E E. is be shown today, James Bui- Beta Tau; Yube Ostoich^Phi Kap- ^en^^ Tn‘Dir<
name. Beethoven celebrates the out- Cummings, seem to -date’ and to lard of the department of cine- pa Tau; Bob Reed. Phi Kappa Psi; anv or-
Tom Wilde. Phi Sigma Kappa; and With speeches to oe 00 any original topic, speakers will be limited
as pall bearers.
An official reminder to students [regarding their registration and attendance in classes at the University of Southern California was is-sr^d last night by Theron Clark, registrar.
Under the rules of precedue of |the university the following apply: No scholastic credit will bo al-
Senior Class To Celebrate Joe College Day
next semester's programs before Friday, according to Theron Clark, registrar. The registrar requests
lowed any student for any course uating students when thev celebrate
in which he is not properly reg- Joe College day. May 31 as part
Istered at the office of the registrar, of the annual senior week
The approval of the faculty advisor Thrills and spills will mark the
is necessary in al! cases. second day of the busy week as
Egmont was -the great 16th century EMBODY PAST
hero who tried to keep thc Nether- “On the other hand, poets like
'lands free from the yoke of Spain.! Robinson. Millay, and Frost seem
The “Emperor" concerto, player j to be the culmination of the past,
that all students obtain program, today by Schnabel, has gained the | for they inherit and embody past
work sheets at the office of the title from the nobility of expers- modes. themes and measures'with-
• registrai and fill them out before s-on ^ pjano against the full j out pointing ahead to a new poe-
this date. orchestra. Beethoven produced rich- ! try.”
Although credit summaries will ness out of an instrument that had The most interesting young poets
not be supplied until the final days been thought incapable of such de- 0f today are influenced by such
Rni’pr ctMPc ^ ^ of ^^ration students who confer mands. j men as *Ezra Pound and T. S. El-
Roller skates and Model-T Fords with their advlsers on the program
w:ll be utilized by some 600 grad- .___w,. .__■____
will be able to obtain all the other materials required, including a copy of the latest semester schedule.
Final grades of all undergraduate students wil! be turned into
Every student will bo held re- graduating Trojans go" whizzing the office bV June 11- while senior sponsible for each course in which down University avenue during as- ^adeL,must ** *n 0 P-m- ,May n^vM^TyJ*^CaUfornia at Berke-he is officially registered whether Aembly period. Afterwards, thev will 24• The method of determining ‘ ^ ^ alumni, present
period. Afterwards, they will Tead for the Uplifter’s club to en-
senior grades will be left to in- i ^ wil1 address
. , ------- ”-7 - — dividual instructors as it hn< heen students, and friends of the U.S.C.
gage m a barbecue and outing from aiViauai in_iruciors as 11 nas Deen - - -- -----<■ ^—j-
withdraw 12 o’clock noon until midnight. ; before.
______— iot. Dr. Baxter believes. The result is that they refllect the al-I Tn lusive philosophic, and intellectual L 0 I I m ail sU tendencies of these men. showing a. . | «i n- a scepticism toward the old forms At Library lea and measures. It is in this respect
, .. ! that thev employ the closely knit Dr. Benjamin_ H. Lehmen, ofjhe and elliptic
verse to obtain the formal effect for which poets former-
or not he attends any of the recitations in the course.
All arrangements to from any course must be made at Under the direction of Nick Pap-
the registrar’s office during the ses- pas. the barbecue will be one of
sion when the student is registered the last chances for seniors to min-
for that course. gle with the friends they have met
No scholastic credit will ge given m the four year at P.S.C. Bids
for any course which is not com- for the entire week are selling for:
pjete and report to the office of $6.50 in the cashier's office of the’
the registrar within one calendar student Union.
ly used rhyme and meter.
The new school of poetry is rep-
year
From the Office Of the President
Many inquiries have come to the president's office with reference to the character of the so-called “Ditch Day.” This day is not a* university holiday. *A11 ciaases follow the regular shed-ttlc and the programs are in no-attered to meet the occasion. R. R TON KLEINSMID,
Topped off by the prom at the Biltmore on Saturday. June 4. the Senior week will open May 29 in the coliseum with the baccalaureate services at 3 pm The following day. Monday, will find seniors swinging it at aome local night spot.
Rebels advance
HENDAYE. FRANCO-SPANISH FRONTIER. May 17—d'.Pv—Three Insurgent armies tonight drove j through rugged mountains upon the ! kep town of Moro De Rubielos. • where General Jose Miaja massed 80.000 Loyalists for their last stand on the Teruel front. Moro De Ru-bielos te 48 mttes north of Valencia, j former Loyalist capital.
San Diego Field Trip Members To Meet Today
Journalism students who are to Diego Sun Saturday are request-make the field trip to the San ed to meet at 9:50 a.m. today in the Daily Trojan editorial room. Assignments will be made and special instructions given.
The following people are asker
School of Library Service, at then resented jn England by Auden annual tea. Sunday. May 22, at 3 gpender and Lewis. Dr. Baxter asserted. He feels that in America Achibald MacLeish is probably the chief exponent of the new trend.
p.m.
The speaker has chosen as his topic “Best Sellers and the Classics.”
Dr. Lehman is a prominent lecturer on literary topics, and is a member
of the English department at the Friday Set as Deadline
Berkeley institution.
For El Rodeo Lists
Students who have lost student activity books must list their names with Miss Marie Poetker at the FRUIT AUCTIONS APPROVED cashier’s window of the Student Un-FRESNO. cal.. May 17 —<U.E>— ion before Friday if they wish to to reports: Ken Adam. Walter The federal trade commission has obtain their copy of the El Rodeo Bandick. Warren Bums, Bill Keneral approval to fruit auc-1 Leonard Rosen. El Rodeo business
Ciark, Bud Colegrove, Ben Cook. mpthods and has found manager, announced today.
Richard Fish. John Golay, Cullen tlon market methods and ftas I0UnQ ______
Gulko, Stanley Gortikov. Donn that “many unsatisfactory conditions,
Hayes. Cecile Hallingby. John exist in the marketing of fruits .
matography said yesterday.
With Claudette Colbert and War ren Williams. Louise Beavers plays a stellar role In the part of Miss Colbert's maid. This is the first time that a colored actress has played a leading part in a major studio production.
The picture is the third in the series of film classics shown by the department of cinematography and is the first picture to be shown with sound accompaniment. John M. Stahl produced the picture for Universal in 1936. and in two years it has become one of the few modern classics.
“Imitation of Life” will be shown today at 9 a.m., 11:15 a.m., and 3:30 p.m. in the basement of Old College and at 7:30 p.m. in 302 Law building.
Horace Proulx, Sigma Nu. . .
' to 10 minutes. A trophy, donated Other new members: ^ the gaifour jewelry company.
Art Levine, non-org; Jay Van wi]1 ^ presented to the winner. Trawver and David Keller. Delta The Widney cup contest is to be Chi; Don McNeil. Kappa Alpha; held each year to honor Dr. Joseph
Reservations for the lecture and the tea following may be procured through the library office at the price of 35 cents.
CHINESE CITY ATTACKED
SHANGHAI. Wednesday. May 18 _(L'.P)_Vanguards of four Japanese armies which have encircled Suchow-Fu today began their final assault on the key city in China’s fortified Lung-Hai railway line de-feding Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek's provisional capital in Hank-
Dick Caldwell and Jay Clarke. Sig ma Alpha Epsilon: Marvin Kravetz. Zeta Beta Tau; Ralph Sarli and Ron Briggs. Pi Kappa Alpha; Bob Van Buskirk. Phi Kappa Tau; Bill Walk and Kenny McDonald. Sigma Phi Epsilon; Al Corley. Phi Sigma Kappa.
Bill Broomfield. Phi Kappa Psi; John Rice. Sigma Phi Delta: Joe Gozzey. Dwight Dudson. Bill Lawler. Ralph Harband. and Bill Murphy. College of Dentistry; Bill Scott and Bill Marshall, Kappa Sigma; Hal Seiling. Sigma Chi; Jack Slattery, Beta Kappa; Bob Meyer, Alpha Rho Chi; Rod Hansen. Delta Sigma Pi: Art Manella and Leon-and Mandel, Tau Epsilon Phi; Norman Bing and Ed Kelley. Chi Phi; Pete Kalionzes. College of Pharmacy; Henry Flynn, Sigma Nu.
Sackett requests that all initiates who have not done so. pay their initiation fees as soon as possible.
P. Widney. president of U.S.C. from 1891 to 1895. Dr. Widney, who ia the author of several books, will, because of illness, be unable to take part in this even as planned. Graham Sheldon, chairman of the contest and president of Tau Kappa Alpha, has had charge of all arrangements.
F.D.R. SIGNS NAVAL BILL
WASHINGTON. May 17 —<U.P>— President Roosevelt today signed the SI. 157.000 000 naval expansion bill which places the United States in undisputed lead in the navy rearmament race.
Harrington. Clerk Jones. Herb Klein, Rosalia Leistkow. Madelyn Miller, Paul Miller. John Rose. Edwin Schmidt, F'red Shepardaon. Marvin Spioer, Carol Tiegs. Todd Watkins, and Everett Vilander.
1
and vegetables due to other factors. Henry D. Greene, representative of the American fruit and produce commission said here today hi an ; unofficial report on a recent com-| mission investigation.
WASHINGTON, May 17 —(U.P) Dr. Arthur E. Morgan may shortly challenge through the courts the constitutionality of President Roosevelt’s action in discharging him as chairman of the Tenessee valley authority, k Was learned tonight.
Tomorrow's Organ Program
An all-request program will be played by Archibald Sessions, university organist, in Bovard auditorium tomorrow1 during assembly period.
Selections to be played are:
Film Students To Hear Talks
Students in the class of Motion Picture distribution 136 will meet tonight at 7 p.m. in 159 Science.
Two speakers will be present: A. M. Bowles, division manager for northern California of one of the
The Last Chord ...................... Sullivan m3i°r motion picture studios, who
Ave Maria ____________________________ Schubert j wlll speak on “DeLuxe Theater
Humoresque------------------------------- Dvorak
Song of the Islands ...................... King
Intermezzo jrom Cavalier ta
Rustic ana ........................ Mascagni
Management;” and Morgan Walsh.
president of the independent theater owners, who will speak on “Subsequent Run and Small Towm Theater Operation."
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SOUTHERN
DAILY
CALIFORNIA
TROJAN
United Press
World Wide News Service Z-42
Volume XXIX
Los Angeles, California, Wednesday, May 18, 1938
Number 139
WSCA Fetes Hubbard
Lectures Today
oedsTonight
JTown, Cown Foyer Scene Of Banquet
Outsanding senior women wil] be honored for their achievements on campus at the annual WSGA recognition banquet in the Foyer of Town and Gown at fi o'clock thi$ evening. Traditional reremonies will introduce new members of Mortar Board and Spooks and Spokes, honorary women's organizations.
Bids for the formal dinner mafv b* purchased today at the cashier's window in the Student. Union or ft the door tonight. Helen Herweg. ticket chairman announced.
Speakers for the evening will bo Mrs Rufus B von KleinSmid. Dean Mary Sinclair Craword. Doan Pearle Aiken-Smith. Ellen Holt, and lone Hooven.
CHAIRMEN NAMED
Miss Hooven and Marion Tronsen are co-chairmen of the banquet, Other committee chairmen are Cecile Hallingby. theme; Muriel Faeder. decorations: Henrietta Pelta. entertainment: Helen Herweg. bids: LaVerne Rutherford, pro-rram; Jean Frampton. flowers;
Joth Noon, food: Esther L’Ecluse, publicity; and Pat Culver, favors.
New Amazons will be introduced r Jane Rudrauff. Amazon presi-ent. Nancy Holmes, president of pooks and Spokes, will pull 13 spokes from a wheel announcing new members of the organization The traditional ceremony of the Mortar Board for naming new members will be presided over by Mary Moore Prrsident Mildred TcbbeUs rii) announce the results of the YWCA election.
I The most outstanding Trojan sen- well D. Hunt
Speaker
The Changing Standard In the Theater' Is Topic Of Wednesday Lecture
The New Liberal Arts Curriculum: An Explanation
* * * *
Department and Division Majors
i Editor'* note—Today the Meries of articles explaining the new College nf Letters, Arts, and Science* curriculum deals with the most radical change in the College organization, the instituting of hoth Department and Division majors.
As a special aid to students, the Daily Trojan will print answers to questions about any individual student's problems concerning the new curriculum which goes into effect next semester. Questions should be dropped in the Daily Trojan Common H»-ard box in the Student Cnion.)
X.
Eberhard, Atkinson Barton
'‘The Changing Standard in the
Lewis Bans Corsages At Formal
What are the upper division requirements under the new plan?
A student may elect to follow a major either in a Depart-Theatre as Set Up By Youth,” will ment or in a Division, or he may choose to enroll for the be the topic of the Wednesday lec- Honors program if his record permits.
ture today, given by Miss Florence The two types of major are referred to as “Department”
Blanchard Hubbard, in the Art and majors and “Division” majors, respectively.
Lecture room of Doheny library at xi. What is the character of the Department major?
4 w pTH' ,, , . , A department major shall in general consist of not fewer
in the school1" o/ Sprh than 24 semester units in upper division courses approved by
m the school of Speech, went to ,___Corsages will be banned at the
New York last winter to attend the ^he department in which the major is taken. In certain interfratemity formal tomorrow Speech convention and represented cases, with the approval of the Student Scholarship commit- njght jn the Biltmore Bowl, it was the West Coast at the American tee, depaitments may organize their majors to consist of announced yesterdav by Burt Lewis, Education Theater association's fewer than 24 units in upper division courses providing com- president of the Interfraternity meetings. pensating units in lower division courses are included in the council. The dinner dance will
Orchestra Will Play Request Numbers at Inlerfralernily Dance
BASED ON OBSERVATIONS
start at 9 p.m. and last until midnight.
To further facilitate the plan of having the orchestra play all request numbers, cards will be placed at each table on which the dancers may place the names of their fa-
Mrs. Rufus B. von KleinSmid will speak this evening at the annua' WSGA recognition banquet that will honor outstanding senior women in the Foyer of Town and Gown.
major requirement.
u Ki,an^ *mg my lectare' Miss xil. In what departments are department majors offered?
Hubbard said, "on mv observations ^ , . „ . . . .. , .__00 .
Of what was being' done in the Department majors are offered in the following 32 de-
theater, made during my stay in partments: Comparative Literature, English Language and New York. I was particularly in- Literature, Classical Languages, French, German, Italian, terested in the work done by the Spanish, Asiatic studies, Economics. History, Sociology, Pol-Mercury theater group, an organ- itical Science, International Relations, Geography, Anthro- vorite" piecesbefore handing them ization of modern young players poiogy and Achaeology, Religion, Philosophy, Psychology, Bac- to Frankie Trombar. leader of the under the direction of the brilliant terj0logy, Botany, Physical Education, Zoology, Astronomy, orchestra. A box will also be placed 23-^ar-old ^tor. Orson jyeUs, who Chemistrx Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Cinematography, in the Student Union, near the
candy counter, in which the students may place requests. SPECIAL FLOOR SHOW A special flool show has been
Dean s Wife Succumbs
Funeral Services For Mrs. Rockwell Hunt To Be Tomorrow
Funeral services for Mrs. Nancy
originated the movement; This__ . . _ _ , , ,
group is trying to stimulate the ^irie Arts, Music, Speech, and Journalism.
American theater. They have work- XIII. What is the character of the division major? ed wonders in New York, and are A Division major shall consist of not fewer than 30 se-
now touring the continent. mesters units in upper division courses in the Division of the
‘•I will also base my talk on my major and not fewer than 18 units of these 30 shall be in arranKed for the occasion which
experiences^ accumulated through courses in one department. Many different combinations of j ^ “*“■ T™™'
Continued On Page Two1
Winner
working with the young people on
campus.
DEPENDS ON YOUTH
“I believe that the theater today is in the .hands of the young people of the nation, and it will ultimately be what they make of it.”
Miss Hubbard Is the director of Piay Productions and recently directed such campus plays as “Liliom'’ and ‘ Both Your Houses.”
Professor Hubbard stated, “the , , ,. , . „ , .
Stuart Hunt, wife of Dean Rock- theater is now undergoing a met- upon such devices as assonance, dissonance, and sheer “archi-
Graduate amorphosis that has sadly been i tecture for their formal efefcts, said Dr. Frank C. Baxter,
MacLeish s Elliptic Verse' To Be Read by Baxter
“The young poets of today, of whom Archibald MacLeish is one, use closely-knit, packed, elliptic verse, arid depend
the
and a special swing arrangement of “Stars and Stripes Forever.”
Klein and Trombar are among the leading saxophone and trumpet players in the country. Both, were formerly featured by Paul. Whiteman. Miss Janis and Saxon j are the vocalists. Miss Janis was I formerly the featured artist on the 1 Camel Caravan.
FEW BIDS LEFT Final arrangements on the dinners and decorations will be made
Widney Contest Starts Today
Maurice Atkinson, Bill Barton, anr Betty Eberhard were yesterday declared the winner of the annual Bowen cup speaking contest after defeating three other contestants in the finals.
Atkinson, a member erf the debate squad, spoke on the s u b J e ct ‘Czechoslovakian-German* Demand Autonomy." Barton used ‘ Fascism in Brazil'* as his topic, while Miss Eberhard spoke on ‘Rome-Berlin Axis.” These topics were drawn by the speakers one hour before competing.
JUDGES NAMED Judges for the extemporaneous speaking competition were Alexander Stewart, Dr. John F. Griffiths, Prof. Walter Wallbank. and Eugene Hahn. This same faculty group selected the six finalists out of a field of fourteen.
Atkinson, besides being a debater, is manager ot the team. He is majoring in political science and is a member of Sigma Alpha Epailon. Barton, a sophomore in economics, is likewise a member of the varsity I debate squad. Miss Eberard is a I senior tn the women's forensie squad, and te a member oi Phi Beta • Kappa.
IDENTICAL TROPHIES i The three winners received identical trophies, although in the past only one cup has be«n presented. This contest is held each year in honor of the late Judge William Thirty-eight new members of M. Bowen who was a law student
Sigma Sigma. Junior men’s honor- at usc- Last Liv*
, ...... ingston won. with Clifford Royston
ary fraternity, were initiated yes- and Tom etcher winning pre-
Betty Eberhard was one of the three winners of the Bowen Cup tournament yesterday. She is a senior member of the women's debate squad and a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Sigma Sigma Initiates 38
Initiates Finish Two Weeks of Pledgeship With Carnival Work
this change and rejuvenate the age
lias been given to the banquet by Miller and Dr William C. Hodgson worn ideas.”
the following socis, sororities. Phi will officiate. WORKSHOPS FURNISH IDEALS
Mrs- Hunt' 68 Mondav at Miss Hubbard received her A.B.
P * Chl, °™eca Ala£“ horie S1jr Rvrrh„r,t * “ at Carleton in 1912. B.O. at North-
rheta. Deita Gamma. Zeta Tau her home. Byrahurst street, westem in 19H and A M at Carle_
|MPha. Alpha Gamma Delta. Delta after a period of illness. ton m 191g Hubbard has
^~tn. Delta Delta Doha, and Alpha Shp g id t f ^ A been affiliated with University of Delta Theta
A table for non-sorority women *or thirty years, and was formas been planned and reservations merly active in missionary work, in for plarcs there should be made the WCTU and the Faculty Wives’
?arly
Music Hour Is Today
and disturbed,” he declared.
MacLeish, from whose verses Dr. Baxter will read today, was born in Glencoe, Illinois, May 7, 1892. He The overture to "Egmont." Con- was educated at Yale and Harvard, certo No. 5 in E flat, and Sym- practiced law in Boston, and sub-phonv No. 5 constitute the all- sequently gave up the law for liter
Eighteen contestants will take the preliminaries of the
rhythms aleofteVpurW^ broken j “.^nTT oflh" ^ ~ *“* ”*"• SSmTZZfZ & S
•• • mg to aud tions most of e ben of the class of >38 dRy ^ 132 old coUege. Finals ot
The tentative initiates were noti-; this competion will be held to-fied May 4. Contrary to past pro- morrow at the same time in the
—--—: art and lecture room of Doheny
Initiates, Sigmaettes, and others i library.
mg
leading bands in Los Angeles.
There are still a few birs left and these can be purchased from Larry Cole in the Student Union ticket
office. Fraternities will receive their | table reservations upon presenting
who sold tags for the Sigma Sig- CONTESTANTS NAMED
Southern California for 16 years, st^uc,lu-v *avc W1C iaw ‘“f**”' .......— .*'*““”•“•7! ma benefit-eamival are to tarn Those who will take part ha to-
coming here in 1922. Beethoven program of todays Lis- ature, which he has cultivated al- the money for the bids U> Cole. fa unso,d tjckets and money im day.g
competition are Maurice At-
• I am looking to the theater work- ten‘ng ^°Ur. at 2^° P^' ,m ternatively in the United States and Bids are being sold for S5.25 per mediatel Pau, Sackett yts. kimcn, Clifford Royston. Bill B*r-. _ 6____ ______,____, , vard auditorium. Miss Pauline Al- Europe. couple. __
iWomen To Discuss [WSCA Court Today
club of U S C.
Mrs Hunt is surv sons. Pa'4 A. Hunt
Shop., and croups throughout the dfeman chalrman of the Llstcning VOLIMES NAMED country to furnish the new ideals Ht lhose pieces „re ^ q[
terday.
include
Hunt of GlendPic?; and Clarence S. of Wednesday lectures ' which ^”re These selections were a11 written, bodaddy.” “Streets in the Moon,” ^ Of Lon8 Beach: by two bio- ZoZT* * £^ College o^ llu the >'*arS Wlien Beethoven ..^e Hamlet of A. MacLeish.”
thers. J. Everet Stuart of San ters Arts- and Sciences.
jbly will bo staged at 9:15 this rworning in 206 Administration. En-jlargcmont of the WSGA court from Francisco, and Joseph F. Stuart of I* to 12 members will be the issue Stockton; and "by two sisters, Mrs. [discussed Ellen Holt. WSGA pres- Emma V Coleman of Santa Cruz.
tfdent. urges prompt attendance.
Notice Given For Check on Registration
and Mrs. Martha E. Brady of Oakdale.
i Dr. Bogardus. Dr. Weatherby, and Prof La Porte will serve with other : faculty associates of Dr. Hunt at University of Southern California secure tentative approval of their
cerure, they were required to serve I Richter, Earl Bolton, Jack Carlow, two weeks of pledgeship. Their George Moody. Jack Stlversteln, , . . . . . . .. . Dean Jones. Robert Warren. Nor-
pledge work consisted of selling tick-, man Parrigh June Wad*. and Dave
ets and assisting in arrangements Goldberg
was recovering from the shock of “New Found Land,” and “Conquis- c 1 T J for the Si^1™ Sigma benefit cam- Coach Trevor Hawkins o< the var-
his deafness. According to his crit- tador." JllOWn I OQ3y ival. Several of the men originally debate squad Eugene Hahn oi
ic. Paul Bekker. this was the time “The days have long past since, elected were unable to accept be- the school of Speech, and Larry
when he was dealing with the prob- carl Sandburg and Amy Lowell The Portrayal of Negro philos- cause Qf financjai „ other rea- pntrhard will act as judges. Tha
lem of freedom of the will. In these; seemed the prophets and. pioneers °Phy and condition as they really gons diylded into three
JTthe spirTtVadvCerinyng °f * ^ ^ m0dern POetry*” re’* ^ divisions, each division having a
ived by three ^ presldSSIC
Will Be Shown Today
Warning Issued For Approval Of Programs
, Am 1 Lij jJttwivTwi vtiwiMwg - ; ouiiiiiiiii^a. deem tu uttie am
Undergraduate students should come ol Egmont’s life and struggle, recede into the historical past.
ton. Ed Jone. Bob Crawford. Floyd Cunningham. Floyd Taber, Jane
marked Dr. Baxter.
So too thp bc illustrated in the third cine-: Senior honoraries are Bob Wood, divisions each
ou mo. uie , . . ______________, _______________inHcro who will
in the “Egmont overture.” writ- imaginists, like 'H. D.,’ and the classic, “Imitation of Life,’- which: non-org; Raphael Brousseau. Zeta judge who j^Iect r*° ten for Goethe's plav of the same extremists in wodernism. like E E. is be shown today, James Bui- Beta Tau; Yube Ostoich^Phi Kap- ^en^^ Tn‘Dir<
name. Beethoven celebrates the out- Cummings, seem to -date’ and to lard of the department of cine- pa Tau; Bob Reed. Phi Kappa Psi; anv or-
Tom Wilde. Phi Sigma Kappa; and With speeches to oe 00 any original topic, speakers will be limited
as pall bearers.
An official reminder to students [regarding their registration and attendance in classes at the University of Southern California was is-sr^d last night by Theron Clark, registrar.
Under the rules of precedue of |the university the following apply: No scholastic credit will bo al-
Senior Class To Celebrate Joe College Day
next semester's programs before Friday, according to Theron Clark, registrar. The registrar requests
lowed any student for any course uating students when thev celebrate
in which he is not properly reg- Joe College day. May 31 as part
Istered at the office of the registrar, of the annual senior week
The approval of the faculty advisor Thrills and spills will mark the
is necessary in al! cases. second day of the busy week as
Egmont was -the great 16th century EMBODY PAST
hero who tried to keep thc Nether- “On the other hand, poets like
'lands free from the yoke of Spain.! Robinson. Millay, and Frost seem
The “Emperor" concerto, player j to be the culmination of the past,
that all students obtain program, today by Schnabel, has gained the | for they inherit and embody past
work sheets at the office of the title from the nobility of expers- modes. themes and measures'with-
• registrai and fill them out before s-on ^ pjano against the full j out pointing ahead to a new poe-
this date. orchestra. Beethoven produced rich- ! try.”
Although credit summaries will ness out of an instrument that had The most interesting young poets
not be supplied until the final days been thought incapable of such de- 0f today are influenced by such
Rni’pr ctMPc ^ ^ of ^^ration students who confer mands. j men as *Ezra Pound and T. S. El-
Roller skates and Model-T Fords with their advlsers on the program
w:ll be utilized by some 600 grad- .___w,. .__■____
will be able to obtain all the other materials required, including a copy of the latest semester schedule.
Final grades of all undergraduate students wil! be turned into
Every student will bo held re- graduating Trojans go" whizzing the office bV June 11- while senior sponsible for each course in which down University avenue during as- ^adeL,must ** *n 0 P-m- ,May n^vM^TyJ*^CaUfornia at Berke-he is officially registered whether Aembly period. Afterwards, thev will 24• The method of determining ‘ ^ ^ alumni, present
period. Afterwards, they will Tead for the Uplifter’s club to en-
senior grades will be left to in- i ^ wil1 address
. , ------- ”-7 - — dividual instructors as it hn< heen students, and friends of the U.S.C.
gage m a barbecue and outing from aiViauai in_iruciors as 11 nas Deen - - -- -----— ion before Friday if they wish to to reports: Ken Adam. Walter The federal trade commission has obtain their copy of the El Rodeo Bandick. Warren Bums, Bill Keneral approval to fruit auc-1 Leonard Rosen. El Rodeo business
Ciark, Bud Colegrove, Ben Cook. mpthods and has found manager, announced today.
Richard Fish. John Golay, Cullen tlon market methods and ftas I0UnQ ______
Gulko, Stanley Gortikov. Donn that “many unsatisfactory conditions,
Hayes. Cecile Hallingby. John exist in the marketing of fruits .
matography said yesterday.
With Claudette Colbert and War ren Williams. Louise Beavers plays a stellar role In the part of Miss Colbert's maid. This is the first time that a colored actress has played a leading part in a major studio production.
The picture is the third in the series of film classics shown by the department of cinematography and is the first picture to be shown with sound accompaniment. John M. Stahl produced the picture for Universal in 1936. and in two years it has become one of the few modern classics.
“Imitation of Life” will be shown today at 9 a.m., 11:15 a.m., and 3:30 p.m. in the basement of Old College and at 7:30 p.m. in 302 Law building.
Horace Proulx, Sigma Nu. . .
' to 10 minutes. A trophy, donated Other new members: ^ the gaifour jewelry company.
Art Levine, non-org; Jay Van wi]1 ^ presented to the winner. Trawver and David Keller. Delta The Widney cup contest is to be Chi; Don McNeil. Kappa Alpha; held each year to honor Dr. Joseph
Reservations for the lecture and the tea following may be procured through the library office at the price of 35 cents.
CHINESE CITY ATTACKED
SHANGHAI. Wednesday. May 18 _(L'.P)_Vanguards of four Japanese armies which have encircled Suchow-Fu today began their final assault on the key city in China’s fortified Lung-Hai railway line de-feding Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek's provisional capital in Hank-
Dick Caldwell and Jay Clarke. Sig ma Alpha Epsilon: Marvin Kravetz. Zeta Beta Tau; Ralph Sarli and Ron Briggs. Pi Kappa Alpha; Bob Van Buskirk. Phi Kappa Tau; Bill Walk and Kenny McDonald. Sigma Phi Epsilon; Al Corley. Phi Sigma Kappa.
Bill Broomfield. Phi Kappa Psi; John Rice. Sigma Phi Delta: Joe Gozzey. Dwight Dudson. Bill Lawler. Ralph Harband. and Bill Murphy. College of Dentistry; Bill Scott and Bill Marshall, Kappa Sigma; Hal Seiling. Sigma Chi; Jack Slattery, Beta Kappa; Bob Meyer, Alpha Rho Chi; Rod Hansen. Delta Sigma Pi: Art Manella and Leon-and Mandel, Tau Epsilon Phi; Norman Bing and Ed Kelley. Chi Phi; Pete Kalionzes. College of Pharmacy; Henry Flynn, Sigma Nu.
Sackett requests that all initiates who have not done so. pay their initiation fees as soon as possible.
P. Widney. president of U.S.C. from 1891 to 1895. Dr. Widney, who ia the author of several books, will, because of illness, be unable to take part in this even as planned. Graham Sheldon, chairman of the contest and president of Tau Kappa Alpha, has had charge of all arrangements.
F.D.R. SIGNS NAVAL BILL
WASHINGTON. May 17 —— President Roosevelt today signed the SI. 157.000 000 naval expansion bill which places the United States in undisputed lead in the navy rearmament race.
Harrington. Clerk Jones. Herb Klein, Rosalia Leistkow. Madelyn Miller, Paul Miller. John Rose. Edwin Schmidt, F'red Shepardaon. Marvin Spioer, Carol Tiegs. Todd Watkins, and Everett Vilander.
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and vegetables due to other factors. Henry D. Greene, representative of the American fruit and produce commission said here today hi an ; unofficial report on a recent com-| mission investigation.
WASHINGTON, May 17 —(U.P) Dr. Arthur E. Morgan may shortly challenge through the courts the constitutionality of President Roosevelt’s action in discharging him as chairman of the Tenessee valley authority, k Was learned tonight.
Tomorrow's Organ Program
An all-request program will be played by Archibald Sessions, university organist, in Bovard auditorium tomorrow1 during assembly period.
Selections to be played are:
Film Students To Hear Talks
Students in the class of Motion Picture distribution 136 will meet tonight at 7 p.m. in 159 Science.
Two speakers will be present: A. M. Bowles, division manager for northern California of one of the
The Last Chord ...................... Sullivan m3i°r motion picture studios, who
Ave Maria ____________________________ Schubert j wlll speak on “DeLuxe Theater
Humoresque------------------------------- Dvorak
Song of the Islands ...................... King
Intermezzo jrom Cavalier ta
Rustic ana ........................ Mascagni
Management;” and Morgan Walsh.
president of the independent theater owners, who will speak on “Subsequent Run and Small Towm Theater Operation."
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